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Funny Girl Har Premiär 4 September GLITTRIG MUSIKAL MED KÄNDA NAMN I höstens stora glittriga showmusikal spelar Sanna Nielsen den udda stjärnan som tar Broadway med storm! Vi kommer också se älskade artister som Marianne Mörck, Ann-Louise Hanson och Johan Rabaeus samt förstås välkända ansikten från Malmö Opera som Oscar Pierrou Lindén, Michael Jansson, Annica Edstam, Carina Söderman m fl. Funny Girl har premiär 4 september. MUSIKALEN OCH FILMEN Funny Girl är en amerikansk Broadwaymusikal från 1964. Den är löst baserad på artisten Fanny Brices liv. Hon dansade och sjöng i de legendariska Ziegfeld Follies-showerna på 1920-talet och blev en känd filmstjärna och komiker. Handlingen kretsar kring hennes karriär och hennes stormiga äktenskap med entreprenören och gamblern Nicky Arnstein. Musikalen spelades tre år i sträck, totalt 1 348 föreställningar, och nominerades för åtta Tony Awards. Succén berodde till stor del på huvudrollsinnehavaren Barbra Streisands fantastiska rollporträtt av Fanny Bri- ce. Hon repriserade rollen när musikalen öppnade i Londons West End 1966 och även i filmatiseringen av mu- sikalen två år senare. Även filmen blev en stor succé. Streisand vann en Oscar för bästa kvinnliga huvudroll och filmen nominerades för ytterligare sju Oscars. Streisand vann också en Golden Globe, en David di Donatello och nominerades för ytterligera priser. Funny Girl förändrade hur kvinnor, i synnerhet judiska kvinnor, porträtterades i film och teater. I sin roll får Barbra Streisand vara smart, rolig, vacker och talangfull. Hon är inte beroende av män (snarare tvärtom) och hon töjer på gränserna hur en kvinna får uppföra sig. SALONG OCH SPRÅK Funny Girl spelas i A-salong med orkestern i orkesterdiket. Musikalen framförs på svenska med både engelsk och svensk text. Textmaskinerna sitter ovanför scenen. Fanny i 20-årsåldern, som Baby Snooks och tillsammans med Nicky Arnstein. FANNY BRICE Fanny Brice föddes som Fania Borach 1891 i New York. Hon började redan som ung uppträda i shower och varietéer, först som balettflicka och senare som sångerska. I de sena tonåren upptäcktes hon av den legenda- riska showproducenten Florenz Ziegfeld. Han anställde henne i sin revy, där hon fick sitt stora genombrott 19 år gammal. Fanny stannade i Ziegfeld Follies i 13 år och blev ett känt namn med sånger som My Man, Second Hand Rose och I’d Rather Be Blue (alla tre finns med i musikalen Funny Girl). Förutom sina många framträdanden på teaterscenen, skapade Fanny en mycket populär radioshow kallad The Baby Snooks Show. Hon gjorde också filmer under 20-, 30- och 40-talet, bl a My Man, Den store Ziegfeld, Hela världen sjunger och Ziegfeld Follies. Fanny var gift tre gånger; med barberaren Frank White, affärsmannen Julius ”Nicky” Arnstein (som porträtteras i Funny Girl) och låtskrivaren Billy Rose. FILMKLIPP MED FANNY BRICE I’d rather be blue www.youtube.com/watch?v=_62pKiiVSIs I’ve got a feeling I’m falling www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCnckV2gEyQ Fanny som Baby Snooks tillsammans med Judy Garland: Why because! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RlBJ8PbKuM Anna Held, Billie Burke och Lillian Lorraine . ZIEGFELD FOLLIES Ziegfeld Follies var mycket populär scenshow, eller snarare flera olika shower i samma stil, som spelades på Broadway mellan 1907 och 1931 (och några enstaka produktioner senare under 30-talet). Showen skapades och drevs av Florenz Ziegfeld, ”Impresario Extraordinaire” som han kallade sig själv. Scenen dominerades av hans ”follies” – unga, vackra kvinnor som uppträdde tillsammans med tidens stora stjärnor i överdådiga kostymer och ganska mycket naken hud. Enbart skönhet räckte inte för att bli en follie, man måste också kunna sjunga och dansa. Bara de allra bästa talangerna antogs. Under de år showen varade gjorde över 15 000 kvinnor audition men bara 3 000 anställdes. Flera av dem blev själva berömda, bl a Fanny Brice, Lillian Lorraine och Billie Burke. Förutom alla dyrbara gåvor de överöstes med av sina fans hade de också en ansenlig lön. Jessica Reed sägs vara erans högst betalda artist, med en lön på 125 dollar i veckan (ungefär 15 000 kronor i dagens penningvärde). Många gick också vidare till framgångsrika karriärer inom film och showbusiness. FLORENZ ZIEGFELD Mannen bakom showen, Florenz Ziegfeld, mötte Music Hall-stjärnan Anna Held i London 1896. Hon var en vacker och populär artist som inte var rädd för att visa benen. Hon var redan gift, men Ziegfeld tog henne med till New York som sin ”fru”. Han hade näsa för marknadsföring och lyckades få pressen att skriva om Anna redan innan de anlände. Bland annat påstod han att hon hade opererat bort flera revben för att få sin berömda 46-cen- timeters-midja. Med Anna som stjärna skapade han en Broadwayshow som sedermera blev Ziegfeld Follies. Äktenskapet med Anna höll inte – Ziegfeld odlade en extravagant livsstil, var ganska slösaktig och inte den trogna typen. Han uppmuntrade också sina follies att ha en överdådig livsstil. Och räckte inte det kunde han alltid påstå att hans stjärnor badade i mjölk, eller någon annan story som pressen genast satte tänderna i. FRIGÖRELSE OCH OBJEKTIFIERING Under 1920-talet ökade den sexuella friheten för kvinnor, och Ziegfeld Follies drog säkert sitt strå till stacken. Men showen bidrog samtidigt till en objektifiering av kvinnokroppen, ’the follies’ var den tidens pin-up- flickor. Den sista levande Ziegfeld-flickan, Doris Eaton Travis, menade i en intervju att de flesta follies bara hade glada minnen av sin tid i showen. De fick leva sin dröm med glamour och berömmelse, och kände sig snara- re stärkta i sin sexualitet än utnyttjade och objektifierade. Många av dem kom från fattiga familjer, och livet med Ziegfeld Follies gav både en bättre ekonomi och ett ökat självförtroende, som de bar med sig hela livet. FILMKLIPP Hur kunde showerna se ut? Här kan du se en filmsekvens från 1929,Ziegfeld Style Finale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdSQ8AZ4Z4 KURIOSA SEXDAGARSKRIGET I filmen spelas Nick Arnstein av egyptiske Omar Sharif. När sexdagarskriget mellan Israel och Egypten bröt ut 1967 ville studions ledning byta ut Omar mot en annan skådespelare, men både regissören och Barbra Streisand hotade med att hoppa av om så skedde. När en bild från filmen med en kärleksscen mellan Fanny och Nick publicerades, startade egyptisk press en kampanj för att dra in Sharifs egyptiska medborgarskap. När Streisand tillfrågades om kontroversen svarade hon: ”Ni tycker Kairo reagerade starkt? Då skulle ni se brevet jag fick från min faster Rose!” MUSIKALEN OCH VERKLIGHETEN Handlingen i musikalen skiljer sig en del från Fanny Brices liv. Hennes första make nämns inte och Nick Arnstein skildras ganska snällt i förhållande till verkligheten. I musikalen begår han brott för att hans stolthet inte tillåter honom att leva på sin frus pengar, han överlämnar sig själv till polisen och erkänner sig skyldig. I själva verket levde han på Fannys tillgångar redan innan de var gifta. Han gömde sig för att inte åka fast och när han slutligen gav upp sade han sig vara oskyldig, vilket gjorde att Fanny fick betala dyra rätte- gångskostnader. HANDLINGEN I KORTHET Musikalen utspelar sig i New York före och efter Första världskriget. Fanny Brice, stjärna i Ziegfeld Follies, tänker tillbaka på sitt liv medan hon väntar på sin man som ska släppas ur fängelset. AKT I Tonåriga Fanny får sitt första jobb i en vaudeville. Hennes mamma med väninna tycker hon ska överge sina scendrömmar, hon har inte rätt utseende. Men Fanny envisas med att hon kan bli en stor stjärna och får stöd av kollegan Eddie. Fanny får jobb i Ziegfeld Follies och hennes karriär tar fart. Mamman och Eddie menar att de har lärt henne allt, men nu när hon är stjärna kommer hon säkert att glömma bort dem. Fanny ska göra en romantisk scen i Follies men förvandlar det till komedi. Ziegfeld blir först arg, men förstår sen att hon har stor komisk talang. I samband med en premiärfest möter Fanny den stiliga Nick Arnstein. De möts igen i Baltimore och äter mid- dag tillsammans. Fanny blir djupt förälskad och är fast besluten att gifta sig med Nick, trots hans förflutna som gambler. AKT II Efter bröllopet flyttar paret till ett stort hus på Long Island. Fannys mamma får underhåll av sin dotter. Hennes väninna och Eddie tycker att mamman också borde gifta sig, nu när hon är vid stadd kassa. Fanny har blivit Ziegfeld Follies stora stjärna. Nick vill att Ziegfeld ska investera pengar i ett kasino. Han avstår, men Fanny insisterar på att stötta Nicks affärer. Allt går om intet och paret förlorar alla sina pengar. Fanny för- söker ta lätt på saken och hålla deras humör uppe, vilket leder till att Nick blir involverad i nya skumraskaffärer. Han blir arresterad och trots att Fanny känner sig helt hjälplös älskar hon honom fortfarande. Tillbaka i nutid väntar Fanny på att Nick ska bli frigiven från sitt fängelsestraff. Hon har haft tid att reflektera över deras liv. När hennes man äntligen kommer hem beslutar de sig för att separera. Fanny är förtvivlad men bestämmer sig för att inte låta sig knäckas utan leva sitt liv fullt ut..
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